Hans Klok
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| Born | Johannes Franciscus Catharinus Klok February 22, 1969 |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | Magician, illusionist, actor |
Johannes Franciscus Catharinus "Hans" Klok (born 22 February 1969) is a Dutch illusionist and actor.
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[edit] Biography
Hans Klok was born in Purmerend, the Netherlands.
He started his career in magic as a teenager, winning several international competitions by the time he was 16. By age 23, he was part of a touring show with Dutch comedian André van Duin.
In 1994, he performed for the first time on the Las Vegas Strip, as part of NBC’s The World's Greatest Magic, broadcast live from Caesars Palace to an audience of 60 million people. The following ten years he toured Europe and China and appeared in Las Vegas once more.
During the opening of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, about 500 million football fans in 152 countries saw Klok make the 18-carat gold World Trophy appear out of thin air in a glass cage.
In 2007, Klok had a show on the Las Vegas Strip. The Beauty of Magic was a 90-minute production presented in a large theater at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. It debuted on June 1 and closed in mid December. The show included Pamela Anderson, who paraded onstage in a glittering bathing suit for about 10 minutes as one of Klok's assistants. Klok had previously featured Carmen Electra in his illusions.[1]
A week after the opening of The Beauty of Magic, Klok and Anderson visited The Howard Stern Show and started a rumor about a possible romance. A month later they told The Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson that they sometimes "got physical" behind the scenes before their nightly show. The rumors of his supposed romance with Anderson made headlines in his native country].[2] Klok later admitted in a QVegas Magazine interview that the rumors were a publicity ploy and that he had been in a relationship with partner Frank for 16 years.[3]
Klok is currently working on Klassetv, an English program for Dutch kids. He is taking help from English Children in the British School of Amsterdam and possibly the International School of Amsterdam.
Klok's latest show "Hurricane" is scheduled to tour Europe in 2010 and 2011.
For the 2011 Dutch daredevil TV-Show "Try before you die 2" Hans, for his dare, was asked to take part in a Chippendales-show preformed at The Chippendales Theatre (Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino) in April this year.
[edit] Filmography
List of films in which Hans Klok performed as an actor:[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Hans Klok: The Beauty of Magic featuring Pamela Anderson". www.pamelaanderson.com. Archived from the original on 2007-05-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20070525051444/http://www.pamelaanderson.com/details.aspx?itemId=408&menuNo=0. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
- ^ "Hans Klok geeft zich uit voor hetero". [nu.nl/achterklap]. http://www.nu.nl/news/1122758/61/Hans_Klok_geeft_zich_uit_voor_hetero.html. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
- ^ Grimaldo, Erica. "The Magic of Being Myself: Magician Hans Klok Comes Out" (PDF). QVegas.com. http://www.qvegas.com/PDfs/QVegas_Nov2007.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "Hans Klok". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1519585/. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
[edit] External links
- Hans Klok – The fastest magician ever (official website)
- Hans Klok at the Internet Movie Database
